Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The quality of being in the ascendant; dominant control, supremacy.

    Vormacht, Vormachtstellung, Einfluss

    госпо́дствоgospódstvo, властьvlastʹ, превосхо́дствоprevosxódstvo

  2. (countable, uncountable)A quantitative attribute of an ecosystem, defined as a function of the ecosystem's trophic network, and intended to indicate its ability to prevail against disturbance by virtue of its combined organization and size.

More definitions
  • the state that exists when one person or group has power over another

Examples

2 sentences
  1. He had been completely under his wife's ascendancy.

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  2. The ascendancy of monarchs is what keeps their subjects from rebellion.

    ruГосподство монархов – это то, что удерживает их подданных от восстаний.

    deEs ist der Aufstieg der Monarchen, der ihre Untertanen vom Aufstand abhält.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
supremacy; superiority; dominant control:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
supremacy; superiority; dominant control:

Origin

From ascend + -ancy or ascendant + -cy. The use in ecology is due to Robert Ulanowicz.

From ascend + -ancy or ascendant + -cy. The use in ecology is due to Robert Ulanowicz.

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Forms

plural: ascendancies

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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